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106 lines
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Virginia Energy Plan; covenants regarding solar power, reasonable restrictions."
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description: "Virginia Energy Plan; covenants regarding solar power; reasonable restrictions. Provides that a restriction on solar energy collection devices is not reasonable if application of the restriction to a particular proposal (i) increases the cost of installation of the solar energy collection device by five percent over the projected cost of the initially proposed installation or (ii) reduces the energy production by the solar energy collection device by 10 percent below the projected energy production of the initially proposed installation. The owner shall provide documentation prepared by an independent solar panel design specialist that is satisfactory to the community association to show that the restriction is not reasonable according to the criteria established in the bill. This bill is identical to SB 504."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
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legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
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session: "2020"
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identifier: "HB 414"
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citation: "Virginia HB 414 (2020)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Karrie K. Delaney"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2020-01-02"
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last_action: "2020-04-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/897964bc-0bf6-4e74-829a-8ba465860fde"
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source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB414"
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source_hash: "ef74292ddb64e406ce07da7a70ae10e7e95a15feb833f41d33625ab7ab08083b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
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---
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# Virginia HB 414 (2020) — Virginia Energy Plan; covenants regarding solar power, reasonable restrictions.
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Virginia Energy Plan; covenants regarding solar power; reasonable restrictions. Provides that a restriction on solar energy collection devices is not reasonable if application of the restriction to a particular proposal (i) increases the cost of installation of the solar energy collection device by five percent over the projected cost of the initially proposed installation or (ii) reduces the energy production by the solar energy collection device by 10 percent below the projected energy production of the initially proposed installation. The owner shall provide documentation prepared by an independent solar panel design specialist that is satisfactory to the community association to show that the restriction is not reasonable according to the criteria established in the bill. This bill is identical to SB 504.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0795)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+CHAP0795)
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2. **Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB414ER)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB414ER)
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3. **Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB414H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB414H1)
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4. **Impact statement from DPB (HB414)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB414)
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## Votes
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- Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N) — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
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- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) — **14–0** (pass) · upper
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- VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N) — **94–4** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
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- Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
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- Shelly A. Simonds — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2020-01-02** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20103320D `introduction`
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- **2020-01-02** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB414)
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- **2020-01-15** Referred from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
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- **2020-01-15** Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-16** Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #3 `referral-committee`
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- **2020-01-23** Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 2-N)
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- **2020-01-28** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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- **2020-01-28** Committee substitute printed 20106905D-H1 `substitution`
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- **2020-01-28** Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-01-30** Read first time `reading-1`
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- **2020-01-31** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2020-01-31** Committee substitute agreed to 20106905D-H1
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- **2020-01-31** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB414H1
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- **2020-02-03** Read third time and passed House (95-Y 4-N) `passage, reading-3`
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- **2020-02-03** VOTE: Passage (95-Y 4-N)
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- **2020-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB414H1)
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- **2020-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
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- **2020-02-04** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
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- **2020-02-25** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (14-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
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- **2020-02-27** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Read third time `reading-3`
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- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** Reconsideration of Senate passage agreed to by Senate (37-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate (36-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-02-28** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by Senate (36-Y 0-N)
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- **2020-02-28** Passed Senate (37-Y 0-N) `passage`
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- **2020-03-05** Enrolled
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- **2020-03-05** Impact statement from DPB (HB414ER)
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by Speaker
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- **2020-03-06** Signed by President
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- **2020-03-12** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
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- **2020-03-12** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
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- **2020-04-07** Approved by Governor-Chapter 795 (effective 7/1/20) `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/897964bc-0bf6-4e74-829a-8ba465860fde`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).
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